Tarek El-Naggar

Prof. Dr. Tarek El-Naggar, MD, FRCS, is Head of the Refractive Surgery Unit and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Department at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), Giza, Egypt. He is also a Consultant in Cataract, Cornea, and Refractive Surgery at the International Eye Hospital in Cairo.

His clinical and research work focuses on refractive surgery outcomes and complication management, keratoconus treatment, corneal biomechanics, and corneal tomography. He published the first worldwide case report of ectasia after a Femtosmile procedure in JCRS, and received the Best Paper in Session Award at ASCRS 2013 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. El-Naggar serves as a reviewer for several ophthalmology journals, including JCRS and IJO.